Chromatin

Latest research

1. Genome-wide analysis of the HDAC gene family in Pyrus betulifolia and functional validation of PcHDAC5 and PcHDT1.2 in Pyrus calleryana seed dormancy release

   • Xiao-Xiong Kong
   • Ze-Kun Liu
   • Chun-Lei Wang

   in Journal of Plant Research

   Article 21 August 2026

   

2. CHFR drives gastric cancer stemness and hepatic metastasis by suppressing ITCH-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of OCT4

   • Mugen Dai
   • Jianbo Wang
   • Bin Ye

   in Biology Direct

   Article Open access 19 August 2026

   

3. Transposable elements and their epigenetic modifications mediate gene expression and subgenome dominance in Brassica carinata

   • Guoqing Li
   • Shici Zhu
   • Jianbo Wang

   in Theoretical and Applied Genetics

   Article 18 August 2026

   

4. Nested TAD hierarchy defines cohesion zones on replicated chromosomes

   • Zsuzsanna Takacs
   • Dmitry Mylarshchikov
   • Daniel W Gerlich

   in The EMBO Journal

   Article Open access 17 August 2026

   

5. Heat-induced CHH methylation changes near an F-box protein gene in Arabidopsis mature-stage seeds

   • Latif Ahmad Peer

   in Discover Plants

   Article Open access 17 August 2026

   

6. Navigating the cancer cell nucleus: lamins at the interface of epigenetic regulation and tumorigenesis

   • Subhadip Kundu

   in Molecular Biology Reports

   Article 17 August 2026

   

7. 3D chromatin organisation contributes to the regulatory logic in differentiating lymphatic endothelium

   • Virginia Panara
   • Hannah Arnold
   • Katarzyna Koltowska

   in EMBO Reports

   Article Open access 14 August 2026

   

8. Minichromosomes reveal GCN4 search kinetics on native chromatin

   in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

   Article 13 August 2026

   

9. Nucleosomes and IDRs suppress promiscuous GCN4 binding on minichromosomes

   • Zelin Wei
   • Oluwakemi E. Abiodun
   • Carl Wu

   in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

   Article Open access 13 August 2026

   

10. Chromatin condensates tune nuclear mechanosensing and preserve nuclear integrity to prevent cGAS activation

    • Sarah D’Annunzio
    • Martina Di Santo
    • Alessio Zippo

    in The EMBO Journal

    Article Open access 12 August 2026

    

11. EID1-EP300 axis dysregulation in airway fibroproliferation: a single-cell transcriptomic analysis with implications for tracheostomy-associated granulation

    • Cong Chen
    • Yuhai Dang

    in The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

    Article Open access 12 August 2026

    

12. Simultaneous single-cell profiling of chromatin, transcriptome and surface markers with OneCell CUT&Tag captures epigenomic reprogramming

    • Anna Schwager
    • Eve Moutaux
    • Céline Vallot

    in Nature Biotechnology

    Article 12 August 2026

    

13. hnRNPK condensates facilitate enhancer–promoter looping and RNA polymerase II recruitment

    • Rong Ye
    • Hailian Zhao
    • Yuanchao Xue

    in Nature Genetics

    Article 12 August 2026

    

14. Nuclear amphiregulin and lamin A contribute to genomic stability and the response to replication stress via regulation of heterochromatin

    • Tianqi Jiang
    • Aiman Zein
    • M. A. Christine Pratt

    in Oncogene

    Article 11 August 2026

    

15. Step-brothers in arms, SAGA and ATAC co-activator complexes, use different strategies

    • Francesca Rizzo
    • Adam Ben-Shem
    • Laszlo Tora

    in The EMBO Journal

    Article Open access 11 August 2026

    

16. Uncovering the role of chromatin organization and dynamics in heart disease

    • Karina Huynh

    in Nature Reviews Cardiology

    Article 11 August 2026

    

17. Nuclear compartmentalization at the G1/S transition plays a key role in DNA replication control

    • Asami Oji
    • Kosuke Yusa
    • Ichiro Hiratani

    in Nature Communications

    Article Open access 10 August 2026

    

18. Mega-enhancers compartmentalize transcriptionally active long genes in the brain

    • Ziyu Zhao
    • Omar A. Payán Parra
    • Tomoko Yamada

    in Nature Cell Biology

    Article 10 August 2026

    

19. A chromatin remodeller silences SINE retrotransposons

    • Sabrya Carim

    in Nature Cell Biology

    Article 10 August 2026

20. Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) dysfunction drives male-biased sex ratio in Trichogramma dendrolimi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) via paternal genome elimination during mitosis

    • Zhi-chao Jia
    • Hong-yu Liang
    • Hui Dong

    in Chromosome Research

    Article 07 August 2026

    

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